Italy men's national volleyball team

Italy
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
AssociationFIPAV
ConfederationCEV
Head coachFerdinando De Giorgi
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances13 (First in 1976)
Best result Silver: (1996, 2004, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1949)
Best result Gold: (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022, 2025)
World Cup
Appearances8 (First in 1989)
Best result Gold: (1995)
European Championship
Appearances29 (First in 1948)
Best result Gold: (1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2021)
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Honours
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 3 3
World Championship 5 1 0
World Cup 1 3 1
World Grand Champions Cup 1 1 2
World League 8 3 4
Nations League 0 1 0
European Championship 7 5 3
Universiade 3 1 5
Mediterranean Games 7 2 2
Goodwill Games 1 0 0
Total 33 20 20
Medal record
Olympics
1996 Atlanta Team
2004 Athens Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
1984 Los Angeles Team
2000 Sydney Team
2012 London Team
World Championship
1990 Brazil
1994 Greece
1998 Japan
2022 Poland/Slovenia
2025 Philippines
1978 Italy
World Cup
1995 Japan
1989 Japan
2003 Japan
2015 Japan
1999 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
1993 Japan
2017 Japan
2005 Japan
2013 Japan
World League
1990 Osaka
1991 Milan
1992 Genoa
1994 Milan
1995 Rio de Janeiro
1997 Moscow
1999 Mar del Plata
2000 Rotterdam
1996 Rotterdam
2001 Katowice
2004 Rome
1993 São Paulo
2003 Madrid
2013 Mar del Plata
2014 Florence
Nations League
2025 Ningbo
European Championship
1989 Sweden
1993 Finland
1995 Greece
1999 Austria
2003 Germany
2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro
2021 Poland/Czech Republic/Estonia/Finland
1991 Germany
2001 Czech Republic
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
2013 Denmark/Poland
2023 Bulgaria/Israel/Italy/North Macedonia
1948 Italy
1997 Netherlands
2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Universiade
1970 Turin
2019 Naples
2021 Chengdu
1997 Sicilly
1983 Edmonton
1985 Kobe
1987 Zagreb
1995 Fukuoka
2005 Izmir
2025 Berlin
Mediterranean Games
1959 Lebanon
1983 Casablanca
1991 Athens
2001 Tunis
2009 Pescara
2013 Mersin
2018 Tarragona
1963 Naples
1975 Algiers
1987 Latakia
2022 Oran
Goodwill Games
1990 Seattle

The Italy men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The national team is controlled by the Italian Volleyball Federation, the governing body for Volleyball in Italy. It is one of the most successful national teams in the history of volleyball, having won five World Championships (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022 and 2025), seven European Championships (1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2021), one World Cup (1995), and eight World Leagues (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2000). Italy is the reigning world champion, having won the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship on 28 September 2025. Italy equaled a record previously held by the USSR by becoming world volleyball champions in both men’s and women’s competitions — a feat the Soviet Union had achieved in 1952 and 1960.